Write a hypothesis that explains how the Hawaiian island chain formed. Explain your hypothesis. Describe how your data supports, or does not support, your hypothesis.

My hypothesis is that the Hawaiian Island chain was formed by a hot spot in the middle of the Pacific Plate. While the hot spot itself is fixed, the plate is moving. My data supports my hypothesis because as the plate moved over the hot spot, the islands that make up the Hawaiian Island chain were formed.

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by such a hotspot occurring in the middle of the Pacific Plate. While the hotspot itself is fixed the plate is moving. So, as the plates move over the hotspot the string of islands that makes up the Hawaiian island chain were formed. The Hawaiian Islands were created by volcanoes. Also the islands move based on the plate tectonic theory while the plates move, the volcano on the island does also. Therefore It create a chain of islands